"Hello dear listeners, it is now 11 o'clock Beijing time. Welcome to listen to the 'hourly report' of this period. Here are today's current affairs news..."

On the stone table in the pavilion in the bamboo forest, a brand-new radio came out with the magnetic voice of a male radio host.

Chen Ling and a group of people stood or sat around and listened quietly. After listening to a domestic news broadcast, Liang Yuemin turned down the sound, looked at Chen Ling and said, "How rich are you? Are you satisfied with this radio?"

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"Satisfied, quite satisfied." Chen Ling nodded repeatedly and then thanked Liang Yuemin.

"Are you satisfied with this? Tell me, in such a big farm, there is not even a TV. You can't even watch TV on weekdays. How boring..."

Liang Yuemin looked at him helplessly. Chen Ling's son was one month old. He and Liu Yinhuan originally wanted to give him a TV, but unfortunately Liang Hongyu refused, saying that TVs were too valuable in the mountains. Chen Ling was in a dilemma whether to accept it or not.

forget it.

So I went back to the city and picked up a good radio.

"I wanted to buy a TV set last year, but the signal here is not good and I can't receive a few channels. The circuit in my farm is not that good either. But I can put it over there in the county seat. The signal in the county seat is good and I can watch it.

, I don’t even go there often, so I’d better wait.”

As he spoke, Chen Ling pointed to the wires outside the farm for a few people to see. The voltage here at the farm was unstable, and there were frequent power outages these days. Coupled with signal problems, it was impossible to watch the TV after buying it. Even if it could barely be watched, the viewing experience

Not bad either. For him who has experienced the baptism of future online TV, it is better not to buy it.

As for the radio, I used to have one at home, but it broke and was never repaired or bought a new one.

He and Wang Susu usually read, and reading newspapers is enough, and they never thought about it.

"The electricity here is really not good."

Zhao Dahai said: "Then you just have to wait. We will install new transformers in your county in two months at most."

Liang Yuemin asked after hearing this: "Has the village replaced it with a new one? I bought a TV for my father-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year. It's actually pretty good. I don't have many TV sets on weekdays, and there are still very few power outages.

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The transformation of transformers these days is extremely slow, and technological innovations cannot keep up. The transformers are difficult to use and noisy. When it is windy or rainy, they have to be repaired frequently. Every time you encounter such a situation, a two or three days power outage is considered a short period of time.

of.

Fortunately, there were few electrical appliances in rural areas at this time, and everyone was accustomed to using candles and kerosene lamps for lighting. For most families, the impact of having or without electricity was actually not big.

Even if there is electricity, the electricity bill is so expensive that I would not be willing to use it all day long.

Zhao Dahai shook his head: "We haven't replaced it with new ones. We just gave them a major repair last year when they were installing high-voltage power lines. It looks better than other places."

"That's it, I say." Liang Yuemin nodded.

Chen Ling smiled and said: "I'm really not in a hurry for TV or anything like that. I just need a radio. I can listen to storytelling at noon, opera in the afternoon, weather forecast and storytelling in the evening. I can totally hear Rui Rui."

grown up."

A few people were chatting, and a few children followed Wang Zhenzhen, walking and laughing, and skipped out of the farm. Their childish laughter attracted the attention of the adults.

"What are you guys doing here? It's almost noon and you're still running around." Chen Ling stopped them.

"Brother-in-law, we don't want to run around. Mom asked us to pick some watermelons."

"Oh, it's time to pick watermelons. Go ahead and come back as soon as you can. It's so hot, so don't play crazy outside."

"Know it."

Today, after Liang Yuemin's family came over, Little Fatty and Little Lizi also joined the boy scouts. From the moment they got off the bus to now, they have been either catching fish and shrimps or climbing trees to dig out birds. They have never stopped playing.

If they didn't give them a few words of warning, they would definitely be playing while picking the watermelons, and they wouldn't be able to pick them back after a long time.

Sure enough, with Chen Ling's reminder, they quickly came back holding watermelons one by one.

This watermelon is the seed left over from the watermelon that Chen Ling improved with Lingshui last year. He didn't have time to take care of it this year, so he let them grow freely, and it turned out to be pretty good.

Now, except for the thick skin of the melon, the taste and texture are quite good. After cutting, the flesh of the melon is firm, the juice is full, and the bright red color is even more attractive.

"Here, let's eat watermelon. Today's watermelon is from Xishan. It doesn't get exposed to the sun, so it's delicious without soaking it in cold water."

Chen Ling greeted. There were more people today. He cut three large watermelons at once. The adults and children held the watermelons and ate them happily.

"Wow...wow..."

They were eating cool and delicious watermelon downstairs, and Ruirui upstairs suddenly burst into tears.

"Good guy, he must be angry because we eat watermelon without calling him." Wang Qingwen wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth and said with a smile.

After saying this, everyone also laughed.

After laughing, Su Li changed her answer: "It's getting hot again in the past two days. I'll send Susu two pieces of watermelon. Can Susu eat watermelon?"

"It's edible. I'm already in my confinement period. It's okay to eat a few pieces of watermelon, as long as it's not too cold." Chen Ling said.

The baby is one month old tomorrow, and Wang Susu is also about to give birth. Now she can get out of bed and walk around, and she can also eat some things that are not allowed during pregnancy.

It's just that Ruirui is breastfeeding, and as Wang Susu is a mother, some foods that should be taboo are still taboo.

"Okay, today's melon doesn't need to be soaked in cold water. Su Su can definitely eat it." Su Li picked up two pieces of watermelon and presented them to her.

The eldest sister-in-law went upstairs, and the second sister-in-law also quickly got up, picked up a few pieces of watermelon and said, "I will give a few pieces to our mother and Aunt Hongyu."

Two old ladies were busy behind the farm, selecting vegetables, washing vegetables, and tidying up the kitchen.

The other women had just come down from upstairs. After eating the watermelon, they were sitting under the eaves of the bamboo building, helping Chen Ling peel the watermelon.

The green peel is peeled off, and the remaining parts that people eat are also scraped off. The remaining white melon is the ingredient for today's dish.

"Uncle, can I order from the menu you wrote for my aunt?"

Xiao Tongtong took off the calendar hanging in the kitchen and ran over, looking at him expectantly with his round eyes open.

"Okay, you order it. Whatever you want to eat, my uncle will cook it for you."

It was the first time for the two young nephews to come here. As long as the demands were not excessive, Chen Ling would always respond to their requests.

"I want to eat pickled fish, twice-cooked pork, fish-flavored shredded pork, oh, spicy chicken, crayfish, roasted snails, and hot pot chicken..."

Xiao Tongtong read out two or three dish names, and the little fat man and little Lizi beside him reminded him in a low voice and asked him to add more.

Chen Ling was speechless. Except for the first three dishes, the rest were not on the menu. Wang Susu could not eat them when she was pregnant.

"You guys are really good at ordering. It's almost noon. Apart from pickled fish and twice-cooked pork, I don't have time to make anything else. I'll make you two more cold dishes, shredded pepper and chicken and cold rabbit, okay? Your grandma will do it in the morning.

I just marinated the rabbit, just for you."

"OK."

The little ones nodded vigorously without stopping for a moment, and swallowed their saliva, thinking that all the dishes Chen Ling said were delicious.

"How dare you make a request to your uncle? Why don't you help your uncle kill fish later?" Wang Qingzhong lifted his son and nephew up with his arms and swung them around twice, making them giggle and gasp.

Then I took my fishing net and went to the lotus pond to catch fish.

Wang Qingwen also went with Zhao Dahai and Shan Mao to catch chickens and kill them.

Chen Ling went to the kitchen behind the farm and started preparing food.

On a hot day, as for the soup, the pickled fish is okay. If it is spicy, it is fine with a small number of people. If there are more people, it will be steaming together and it will be uncomfortable to eat.

He came over, and Qin Rongxian and his son also came over to help.

The three of us will make vegetarian dishes and cold dishes first.

The vegetarian ones include sour melon, bitter gourd and eggs, loofah and roasted beans, and vegetables readily available on the farm. The ladies just selected and cleaned them.

Cold dishes are jelly mixed with shredded rice, cucumbers, tomatoes and the like.

The cold dish Qin Rongxian and his son can make it, it is simple and quick.

Chen Ling started to light a fire and cook.

First, boil the melon white and cut the melon white into shreds.

Put half a spoonful of lard into the pot. The lard in summer will melt and the aroma will soon come out after entering the pot.

Chen Ling put the melon rind in, stir-fried it, and a large plate of soy melon whites came out of the pot.

There are very few seasonings, just a pinch of salt and that's it. This dish is refreshing and refreshing in summer.

Qin Rong had cut the bitter melon and eggs, loofah and roasted beans for him in advance and just put them in the pan to fry. These were all a piece of cake for him.

After finishing the vegetarian and cold dishes, Wang Qingzhong took the children to kill the fish.

After the fish was brought to the kitchen, Chen Ling went to the warehouse that colluded with the kitchen to open the sauerkraut jar and began to fish out the sauerkraut.

I haven't finished eating the two large tanks of sauerkraut I made last winter.

The big pickled vegetable vat is more than one meter high and can hold dozens of kilograms of sauerkraut. Even the tachyon used to fish for sauerkraut is longer than the big tachyon used to fry fried dough sticks. If Wang Cunye hadn't come over, he and Wang Susu would eat it every day.

You can eat it until autumn.

After opening the lid, the sour smell suddenly hit his nostrils, causing saliva to secrete in his mouth. Chen Ling swallowed twice, quickly lowered his head, fished out a lot of sauerkraut, and quickly closed the lid.

good.

Then open the sauerkraut, let the leaves stretch out, and wash them in clean water.

Arrange it neatly on the eucalyptus board, cut off a piece and stuff it into your mouth to chew. This pickled cabbage tastes extremely good, sour, crisp and refreshing, and is very greedy. Chen Ling ate it deliciously and spit it out.
To be continued...